By Selwyn Manning – Scoop co-editor

Index: Report [1] - Audio [4] [3] [2] [1] – Photo-Essays [3] [2] [1] – Diary [1]

Scoop News: UN Boss Unaware Of Fiji/UN Peacekeeping Deployment - Fiji's announcement that 92 soldiers from its army will be deployed to Sinai and Sudan has caused a flurry of activity at the United Nations in New York. But where exactly does the UN stand on post-coup Fiji? Selwyn Manning reports from New York. See... UN Conundrum Over 92 Fiji Soldiers For Operation

KiwiFM Audio: Manning Crosses Live To KiwiFM's Wallace From Ground Zero New York - Selwyn Manning crosses live to KiwiFM's Wallace Chapman from Ground Zero, New York to discuss: observations surround the spot where the World Trade Centre towers once stood; the UN & Fiji; Palestine the Quartet; New York's Greenwich Village, what's it looking like these days…
KiwiFM Audio: Manning Talks To Wallace From Ground Zero, New York - Back to Top

Photo Essay: Manhattan Sojourn – Scoop's co-editor Selwyn Manning filed these images after a Manhattan stroll capturing the sights and scenes from the Hudson River, to Battery Park, Statue of Liberty, and New York from atop the Empire State Building. See... Scoop Photo Essay: Manhattan Sojourn - Back to Top

KiwiFM Audio: Details Of Peacekeeping Reform Taking Shape - Selwyn Manning is in New York he joins Wammo from East 42nd St and Park Avenue to discuss what's shaping on the New UN secretary general's reform plan. And what caused 132 developing nations to threaten rebellion? Audio: Manning Talks To Wammo From New York - Back to Top

Scoop Audio: Can Ban Ki-moon's Reputation Be Restored? - Scoop's Selwyn Manning crosses live from New York to Radio Adelaide's Peter Godfrey where they discuss: Why the new secretary general of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon, angered ambassadors from 132 developing nations. Can his reputation be restored?
Scoop Streaming Audio Manning on Radio Adelaide From New York - Back to Top

Photo Essay: Scoop in New York: Power and the Passion - New York is a hive of activity. A short stroll from First Avenue to Park Avenue and Broadway is an experience of contrasts... the sedate power of global politics to the bastion of consumerism's heart. Photo-Essay from United Nations Plaza on First Avenue to Grand Central Station on West 42nd Street to Broadway and Times Square. See... Photo-Essay: New York... Power And The Passion - Back to Top

Photo Essay: Greenwich Village Still A Rock/Folk Historian's Mecca - Greenwich Village, New York City, remains one of the most popular precincts on Manhattan Island. It still holds on to its rather Bohemian, folk lifestyle, and is bordered by New York University. It is a folk and rock historian's Mecca with names like Bob Dylan and Jimi Hendrix having penned and played some of their most famous work here. See... Photo Essay: Out n About in Greenwich Village, NYC - Back to Top

RECOMMENDED AUDIO:
Scoop's Selwyn Manning is in a chilly New York City. On the morning of President's Day (NZ time) he spoke to Kiwi FM's Wallace Chapman about President Bush's battle with Congress on Iraq war funding, the upcoming presidential campaign and his own adventures in and impressions of New York.
Kiwi FM Audio: Wallace Chapman talks to Selwyn Manning from New York (9:37, 2.75MB) - Back to Top

Scoop co-editor Selwyn Manning is on assignment in New York City.

If white knuckles are an indicator of one's anxiety I'm proud to say it was the only one in evidence on my otherwise cool and calm exterior. After all, I had an image to live up to: only two kinds of people ride in the back of black Lincolns: those whose demeanour aids longevity and those whose anxiety heralds an untimely end. I was determined not to sleep the night with the fishes beneath Brooklyn Bridge so held the seat belt in a vice-like grip and rode it out – and as the girders of that famous landmark flew passed my tinted window, I realised for the first time one can be rather Don Corleone-like if one chooses!

On the eve of US President's Day, snow covered streets is the backdrop to the Big Apple scene. This is USA, but more so it is New York. You have to look hard for a US Flag flying in this Manhattan precinct.
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As I mentioned today in a live radio report with KiwiFM's Wallace Chapman, if any of us pulled up on Auckland's Ponsonby Road in one of these vehicles, it would, to say the least, turn a few heads.

The Lincoln slinked up Greenwich Village's Bleecker St, pulled to the curb, moments later I heard the sound of New York snow crunching beneath the driver's very Italian shoes. He opened my door and I soon realised Don-status is more than a state-of-mind, it is an institution. Not one eye was attracted to such theatre, no one noticed my grand entry to New York, not one passer-by gave me the courtesy of a stare!

On being met at the airport, the driver had assured me the fare would be capped, and on arrival at my destination I was pleased to discover he was a man of honour. I paid him, tipped him, and I was swallowed up by this city within a New York minute.

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Selwyn Manning is on assignment in New York, his accommodation is courtesy of Wotif.com and Signature Properties, New York. He will be reporting daily on events in the Big Apple, including a United Nations session on peacekeeping/peace-building, and international affairs.